It doesn't. They're not. I can claim I have a delivery service for freshly sliced panda ears with a bechamel sauce, and that I have been charging $7,032 to deliver each one. Doesn't make it true, or mean that a single person has used the service.

The real explanation is that if you tell a yellow journalist some piece of nonsense like the above, they'll promote your sliced panda ears for you. Or in this case, your croissant-donut hybrid. And I would put money that's what happened here. Not a single person paid a single cent for a single cronut to be delivered. Nine out of ten of you didn't even know what a cronut was yesterday. Now you do.

gweilo8888:It doesn't. They're not. I can claim I have a delivery service for freshly sliced panda ears with a bechamel sauce, and that I have been charging $7,032 to deliver each one. Doesn't make it true, or mean that a single person has used the service.

The real explanation is that if you tell a yellow journalist some piece of nonsense like the above, they'll promote your sliced panda ears for you. Or in this case, your croissant-donut hybrid. And I would put money that's what happened here. Not a single person paid a single cent for a single cronut to be delivered. Nine out of ten of you didn't even know what a cronut was yesterday. Now you do.

gweilo8888:It doesn't. They're not. I can claim I have a delivery service for freshly sliced panda ears with a bechamel sauce, and that I have been charging $7,032 to deliver each one. Doesn't make it true, or mean that a single person has used the service.

Came here to say exactly that. Okay, not exactly since my example didn't involve freshly sliced panda ears with a bechamel sauce, but same point anyway.

"It's funny because I actually don't have much time to stay updated on all this, but a lot of customers will actively come and tell me about scalpers or trademark violators," he said. "I've received newspaper cut outs, e-mails, and even a note in the mail that was signed 'your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man.'

Okay, either this is some new, lamer version of Spider-Man out there, who's policing doughnuts...

Or the logic of someone telling her about trademark violators while signing their notes, "your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man" completely eludes me.

Russ1642:gweilo8888: It doesn't. They're not. I can claim I have a delivery service for freshly sliced panda ears with a bechamel sauce, and that I have been charging $7,032 to deliver each one. Doesn't make it true, or mean that a single person has used the service.

The real explanation is that if you tell a yellow journalist some piece of nonsense like the above, they'll promote your sliced panda ears for you. Or in this case, your croissant-donut hybrid. And I would put money that's what happened here. Not a single person paid a single cent for a single cronut to be delivered. Nine out of ten of you didn't even know what a cronut was yesterday. Now you do.

The advertisement worked.

I want some of your exquisite panda ears. Do you ship to Canada?

Yeah those sound awesome. How much are they? I'll pay more than Russ. And what do you call them?

This is both the blessing and the curse of co-ops and workers' rights. The best pizza in Berkeley was the Cheese Board, a small co-op run by hippies. Best. Farking. Pizza. However, b/c they were their own bosses, and were more interested in being happy than making money, they had really short hours, and would run out of pizza almost every day. It was a challenge to get the stuff. Never heard of line scalpers (and there was a strict limit on how much you could buy), but it wouldn't surprise me. Maybe they need a lottery/wristband system for these Cronuts.

Gabrielmot:"It's funny because I actually don't have much time to stay updated on all this, but a lot of customers will actively come and tell me about scalpers or trademark violators," he said. "I've received newspaper cut outs, e-mails, and even a note in the mail that was signed 'your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man.'

Okay, either this is some new, lamer version of Spider-Man out there, who's policing doughnuts...

Or the logic of someone telling her about trademark violators while signing their notes, "your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man" completely eludes me.

In other news, artificial scarcity is also a good way to create free publicity.

/Coors east of the Mississippi in the 70s//Yuengling in Ohio///Every luxury luggage/scarf/perfume/jewelry/fashion brand

Trocadero:This is both the blessing and the curse of co-ops and workers' rights. The best pizza in Berkeley was the Cheese Board, a small co-op run by hippies. Best. Farking. Pizza. However, b/c they were their own bosses, and were more interested in being happy than making money, they had really short hours, and would run out of pizza almost every day. It was a challenge to get the stuff. Never heard of line scalpers (and there was a strict limit on how much you could buy), but it wouldn't surprise me. Maybe they need a lottery/wristband system for these Cronuts.

There was a Mexican place in Athens, OH that was to absolutely die for. Always busy but always so good, everything fresh and locally sourced.

kab:Anytime a capitalist bleats that "things sell for exactly what they're worth", simply refer them to this article, and smile.

Yes. Because it proves it is true.Some people are okay with spending 2-3 hours in line and pay $5 for a Cronut.Others are okay with spending that 2-3 hours doing something else and paying $100 for a Cronut.

3-4 Hours to wait in line for a $5 donut? you gotta be kidding me, whats the avg wage in NYC? Aren't these people spending $200 for that donut?Plus this guy is getting pissed because people copied his donut? It's fried dough, STFU and be happy you can rape people $5 a pop for twenty cents of product and time.

I think it all started when some shopkeeper told a customer he was gouging the snot out of, "Hey, it's fuggin Noo Yahk. Everything costs more!" and the person said "Ah, yeah. Makes sense." And there was much laughter and many Cayman Island brochures at that night's business owners meeting.